Knockdown cot.



No. 534,665. Patented out. rn, |399.

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KNOGKDOWN CUT.

(Application Med p r. 17, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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invented certain new I srncrrrcnfrron forming part of nei-.ters PatentNo. 634,665, dated october 1o, 189e.

` f Application filed April 17, 1899. Serial No.7l3,322. (Nomocleld Toall whom rit-may concern.: V

Beit known that l, DAVID HOLGE, a citizen of the United States, residingat Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have andAuseful Improvements in Knockdown Oots, of which the folscale, of thejoining of the bars formin ga side rlowing, when taken in connectionwith the drawings accompanying and .forming a part thereof, is a fulland complete description, -l snnicient to enable those skilled in theart to understand, make,`and use the same.

Figure l is a side elevation of a cot embodying the invention; Fig; 2,an end elevationthereof; Fig. 3, an end elevation thereof with thecanvasl removed and the frame folded; Fig. 4, a side elevation with thecanvas removed andthe frame folded, asin Fig. 3 5 and Fig. 5, a sideelevation, on an enlarged rail of the canvas.

The principal object of this invention is to obtain a knockdown cot inwhich the canvas may be removed from lthe frame, and such frame can vthereupon be folded into small space and one-'convenient for shipping, aknockdown cot whereof the lframe when in position for use with thecanvas thereon will be strong, not liable to break when the bed thereonis used by a heavy person, and a knockdown cot which is readily changedfrom its arrangement of parts for use into condition for shipping.

A reference-letter applied to designate a given part is used to indicatesuch part throughout the several views Wherever the same appears.

Fig. 1 shows the side rail A, supported on the three sets of legs orthree horses B B B, connected together by the tie-rods C C". The benchesor horses B B are constructed of the parts or legs b o", pivctallyjoined together midway of their length at h2, as by a bolt, as isclearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The tie-rods C Co are pivotallyattached at their Iends by means of the interposed hinge D (illustratedin Figs. 6 and 7) to the parts or legs b b', respectively.

l'The arrangement and comparative length olf the legs l) b' and thetie-rods G C0 are such that when the legs are pivotally turned fromthe'position thereof in Figs. 1 and 2 to the position thereof in Figsand l the legs formj ing or constituting one bench or horse B are drawnor lie adjacent to the legs forming or constituting the adjacent benchor' horse l5, asis well illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings, and whenthe legs'forming or constituting one horse or bench B are iu theposition illustrated .in Figs. 1 and 2 such tie-rods lC CD force andrigidly or irmlyhold such benches or horses in the relative positionillustrated in Fig. l. To accomplish the above-recited result, I

construct three benches or horses B B B and attach a tie-rod, by meansof the interposed hinge D, to one end-0f one leg of one bench orhorse,as, say, leg Z9, and to the other leg, as it may properly be termed, ofthe next adjacent bench orv horse, as, say, b', and, the legs h b beingat least ofthe length of the tierodsG C, so positioning the point ofattachment of the hinges D D to the respective legs that when the legsare in the position illustrated in Fig. 3 the tie-rods are of the properlength to extend in the manner shownin Fig. 4.

In the arrangement of the legs forming or constituting the `benches orhorses which I have illustrated and the tie-rods joining them togetherand holding them y firmly in place tie-rod C is secured at one end tolegb and at the other end to leg h of the adjacent bench or horse, andtie-rod Co is attached at one end to leg b' and at the other end to legb of the adjacent bench or horse.

E E are hooks attached, respectively, lo the ends of the legs h b' inposition so that the hooks or loops F F may be respectively engagedtherewith when the cot is to beplaced in use.

G is the canvas (which ymay be of Wovenv wire, of cotton liber, or ofother suitable material) on which the mattress or blankets forming the'bed is laid. Canvas 'G may be attached to rails A Ain the ordinary way;but I prefer'tc make each of the rails A A or two side bars joinedtogether at the central horse or bench. To do this, I make rail A ofbars a ci', and to one of such bars-saya-I attach casting A,.having asocket in one end thereof, into which the bar a fits, asis wellillustrated in Fig. 5. i

F is a metal -loop extending through bar ct and casting A', securing thecasting in place, at the same time securing such loop F in place, sothat when it is secured to hook E of the central bench or horse (thestrain at such bench or horse being greater than on the end benches orhorses) the rail A Will not be readily broken by the strain on loop F.

Additional loops F F are placed on the rails A A, near the ends thereof,to engage with the hooks E E on the end horses or benches B B Vhen thecot embodying this invention is in position for use as a bed, the canvasG prevents spreading ot' the legs b b, forming the horses or benches B BB, respectively, because of the rails A A being secured (by loops F F ortheir equivalent) to the hooks E E, as hereinbetore described, and thetie-rods C C0 prevent any swaying of such benches or l horses. Theknockdown cot thus obtained l is therefore firm and strong and notliable to get out of order.

In order to obtaina pillow, particularly when canvas woven of cotton beris used for the cot-bed, I extend such canvas beyond the rails A A, asat II, Fig. l, and provide pins or other fastenings I, to which suchextension II may be secured. The clothing of the person using the cotfora bed may be folded and placed at the end of the canvas G and part IIthen brought over into substantially the position thereof illustrated inFig. l and scstance under the part Hin place of clothing.

I prefer to use fiatbar-iron for the tie-rods C C0 and to pivotally joinor tie such tie-rods together, as by the pivot or pin J, Fig. l.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

In a knockdown cot, the combination of a canvas, side rails to which thecanvas is secured, such side rails comprising, respectively, bars, ametal band secured to one bar to extend beyond it and forming a socketin which the end of the remaining bar fits, and metal loops extendingthrough the side rails, the loop midway of the side rail also extendingthrough the metal band; substantially as l described.

\ DAVID HOLGE. l In presence of-.`

JOHN KATSKE, O. C. PETERSON.

